Ava Patrya Yndia Yracema Gaitán Rocha is the baptismal name of the Carioca artist born on March 21, 1979, daughter of Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha.
Vera and Gabriel, an elderly couple, navigate through past and present, telling their own life story. Their remembering, rendered in images from family archives that confound themselves with images of the present, suggests a personal diary on love and death.
Down on his luck and recently divorced, Paulo has begun driving a cab around Rio, hoping he’ll make enough to send his ex money to support their ten-year-old son. He mostly works nights, so in addition to his encounters with a colourful variety of customers, colleagues, cops and others, he must cope with loneliness, fatigue and new faces in his life.
A meeting with music, composer, poet and sociologist Negro Léo. He gives his thoughts on the development of music, Brazilian and international politics, the rise of neo-pentecostal evangelical churches and obsession over social media, in parallel with his own life story.